Personal branding is often misunderstood.
For many people, it feels like self-promotion, performance, vanity metrics, or trying to become louder in an already noisy world. But Vanessa Errecarte offers a more thoughtful path: personal branding rooted in service, clarity, credibility, and contribution.
In this episode of The Bliss Business Podcast, we welcome Vanessa Errecarte, CEO of Marketing Simplified, author of Valuable & Visible: Redefining Personal Branding by Leading with Impact Over Image, and lecturer at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, where she teaches Strategic Branding, Digital Marketing, and Personal Branding. Her book was inspired by the lessons she teaches her students and reframes personal branding as a service-first discipline for professionals who want credibility, not clout.
In Personal Branding That Builds Trust, we explore:
• Why personal branding should be about service, not self-promotion
• How visibility can help meaningful ideas and expertise reach the right people
• Why teaching is one of the most powerful forms of leadership
• How students and professionals can build credibility without becoming performative
• Why trust grows when people lead with contribution
• How personal branding can create connection, opportunity, and impact
📅 Thursday, August 27, 2026
🕚 11:00 a.m. PST
🎙️ Hosted by Stephen Sakach and Tullio Siragusa
🎧 Produced by Martha Huerta
Visibility is not the goal by itself. The deeper opportunity is to become visible for the value you create, the people you serve, and the contribution you are here to make.
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